Following a 15th place finish and another final for Latvia, Justs tops off a successful first half of 2016 with the release of some new material! “To Be Heard” a two-track EP has been released today on Spotify and has been available on iTunes and Soundcloud for the last few days. The EP has two songs, “Fly Away” and “Have …
“I’ve learned jazz and hip hop!” Interview with Latvia’s Justs
First up in tonight’s semi-final is Justs from Latvia, one of the youngest performers in this year’s competition. We spoke to Justs last week about his background in various musical styles, his home country and the simple reason why he entered Supernova. Check it out below! Justs will sing for Latvia in tonight’s second semi-final (May 12th). Does your heart …
Predictions: Televote (Readers) vs. Jury (Team Stockholm) – Semi-Final 2
Here we are again for another round of predictions! We’ve counted up your votes, we’ve compiled our lists of qualifiers and we’re ready to take back the title from the readers! On Tuesday, the readers “televote” results were slightly more accurate than ours, but we feel pretty confident today! Once again we were astounded at the response to our poll so thank …
Latvia: Justs to Stockholm
Latvia becomes the 23rd country to decide their Eurovision 2016 entry with a victory for Justs in tonight’s Supernova final. The competition’s latter stage was contested between the four surviving performers of Catalepsia, Justs, Marta Ritova and MyRadiantU. Following all of the performances a combination of online voting and televoting saw the public alone pick the winner of this year’s …
Latvia: Four acts reach Supernova final
In a drama-laden semi-final show, four acts won the chance to compete one last time for Latvia’s golden ticket to Eurovision! Tonight’s semi-final stage of Supernova saw the eight surviving artists perform once again. After Samanta Tina’s performance, she decided to withdraw her entry “The Love Is Forever” after suggesting it would not be good enough to represent her country …
Latvia: Four more qualifiers in Supernova
The second heat of Supernova reaped rewards for more artists tonight, with 10 performances whittled down to the four qualifiers. Mardara Grēgere, Crowmother, Samanta Tīna, Markus Riva, MyRadiantU, Mārtiņš Ruskis, Dvines, Marta Ritova, Miks Dukurs and Iluta Alsberga performed their entries tonight, and following a period of public voting the two televote qualifiers were revealed. They are; MyRadiantU – We …
TONIGHT: Heat 2 of Supernova in Latvia
After a rather busy night last night in Eurovision circles, tonight we have a less busy night, although we still do have a show to watch. Latvia will hold their second heat in their national selection process, Supernova. Watch Live HERE at 20:25 CET There will be ten songs competing tonight for a chance to progress to the semi-final next …
Latvia: Interview with Markus Riva
Supernova’s first heat kicked off last night and four acts have qualified for the semifinal. In next Sunday’s heat Markus Riva will perform. Last year he finished second and the year before 11th. We had chat with him regarding his upcoming performance. Hello Markus. After finishing second in Supernova last year, you are back in again with the song I …
Latvia: Semi Final 1 Qualifiers
The first heat of Supernova 2016, the Latvian National Final selection show, took place tonight. Ten acts for battling it out as only four of them moved on the big Final in a couple of weeks. Find out who they are below: Qualifiers: Justs – Heartbeat (Televote) Catalepsia – Damnation (Televote) Ivo Grīsniņš-Grīslis – We Are The Light (Jury) Marta …
Supernova 2016 : Review of the songs
This year we will see the second edition of Supernova. LTV, the Latvian national broadcaster, last year has revamped their former concept Eurodziesma as their last qualification came in 2008 and they have finished last in the semifinal three times. Last year Aminata won the Supernova, went to Vienna and brought back sixth place, first top ten finish since 2005. …